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Or. Rev. Stat. § 659A.153 (2026)

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      659A.153 Covered employers. (1) The requirements of ORS 659A.150 to 659A.186 apply only to employers who employ 25 or more persons in the State of Oregon for each working day during each of 20 or more calendar workweeks in the year in which the leave is to be taken or in the year immediately preceding the year in which the leave is to be taken.

      (2) The requirements of ORS 659A.150 to 659A.186 do not apply to any employer who offers to an eligible employee a nondiscriminatory cafeteria plan, as defined by section 125 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, providing, as one of its options, employee leave at least as generous as the leave required by ORS 659A.150 to 659A.186. [Formerly 659.472]

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 3 cases, 2002–2020 · leading case: Burley v. Clackamas Cnty., 446 P.3d 564 (Or. Ct. App. 2019).
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Burley v. Clackamas Cnty., 446 P.3d 564 (Or. Ct. App. 2019). “150(1) and ORS 659A.153 (identifying "covered employer[s]" for purposes of ORS 659A.”
Entrada Lodge, Inc. v. Bureau of Labor & Indus., 56 P.3d 444 (Or. Ct. App. 2002). “See ORS 659A.153 - 659A.162. On returning from family leave, an “employee is entitled to be restored to the position of employment held by the employee when the leave commenced if that position still exists, without regard to whether the employer filled the position with a…”
Scott v. Delta Sand & Gravel Co. (D. Or. 2020). · cites it 2× “” Or. Rev. Stat. § 659A.153(1). Covered employers must “employ 25 or more persons in the State of Oregon for each working day during each of 20 or more calendar workweeks in the year in which the leave is to be taken.”
— Or. Rev. Stat. § 659A.153(1) — 1 case
Scott v. Delta Sand & Gravel Co. (D. Or. 2020). “” Or. Rev. Stat. § 659A.153(1). Covered employers must “employ 25 or more persons in the State of Oregon for each working day during each of 20 or more calendar workweeks in the year in which the leave is to be taken.”
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